IN THEIR SHOES

Archive for August, 2009

We have a friend, a straight-A biomedical engineer, who interviewed at Washington University. One of the first things they told him was, “Frankly, Mr. Smith, we’ve found that English majors make the best doctors.” Don’t get us wrong—he had no trouble getting accepted there. The point is, it’s wrong to think that you must be a science major to be a doctor, or that being a science major will give you an advantage when applying to medical school.
A premedical student must fulfill certain science requirements: one year of inorganic chemistry, one year of organic chemistry, one year of physics, and one year of biology. Other required subjects, such as English and calculus, vary with different med schools. Past these, you can study almost anything you want.